On the first day of school, Franklin is a little nervous, but his teacher, Mr. Owl, knows just what to do.

Franklin's shell has cracked, and he needs to be a brave turtle when it's time to go to the hospital.

"A green sea turtle hatches and grows up in the ocean, then moves to shallower water near a coral reef where she spends most of the rest of her life. Includes supplementary information about turtles, coral reef creatures, maps, and activities"--

When Franklin loses the valentines he has made for his friends, he is heartbroken and worries that they won't want to give him any cards, but Franklin soon learns that he has very good friends.

This title, Sea Turtles tells about these reptiles that must breath air on the surface and migrate for food and mates. Underwater pictures show various turtles surrounded by fish that keep their shells clean. Best of all, the author compares the size range as from as long as a child is tall, to as long as a tall adult. Color photographs show a female leatherback on the beach laying eggs, and hatchlings running to the surf. Although it is careful to...

A turtle afraid of small dark places, and therefore of crawling into his shell, asks a variety of animals for advice, only to find out that each has a fear of its own. On board pages.

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and survival techniques of different kinds of land and sea turtles.

The mismatched pals accidentally latch onto a big yellow bus and leave the cageless zoo for their first trip to school.

Casey Jones steps up and takes on pure evil. Meanwhile, the Turtles learn a shocking secret about April's past, and come face-to-face with another mutant turtle called Slash, a fungus mutant spreading through the sewers, a rewired Metalhead, and the Rat King!